A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Itbayat in Philippines. Id of earthquake: us1000343e. Event ids that are associated: us1000343e. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/15 / 2015-08-21 20:17:12 / August 21, 2015 @ 8:17 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:17:12 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.53 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 121.247° East, 20.8651° North, depth 9.53 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Basco (c. 7 300 pop). Close country/countries, Philippines (c. 99 900 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Basco (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 62 km W of Itbayat, Philippines.
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